Global Rice Market 2018 Research Report Overview by Top Key Players, Opportunities, Key Drivers, Application and Regional Outlook To 2023
The report describes the development of the industry by overall Challenging & Sub sequential industry development, key companies, as well as type segment & market application and so on, and makes an authentic Forecast for the development industry prospects on the basis of analysis. finally, Rice Market analyses opportunities for investment in the industry at the end of the report.
Rice market report sales, import, export and revenue figures are also developing in the forecast period to 2023. The key players and brands are making their moves by product launches, researches, their joint ventures, merges, and accusations and are getting successful results.
Rice Market Report gives strategists, advertisers and senior administration with the basic data they have to evaluate the Global Rice Market. Alongside deliberately breaking down the key small scale Market, the report likewise centres around industry-particular drivers, restrictions, openings and difficulties in the Rice market. This examination report offers top to bottom investigation of the market measure (income), piece of the overall industry, real market portions, and diverse geographic locales, gauge for the following five years, key market players, and premium industry patterns. It likewise centres around the key drivers, restrictions, openings and difficulties.
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The Middle East and Africa together account for nearly half of the total rice trade. The global rice consumption is dominated by countries in the Asia-Pacific region like China, India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, and Vietnam. Within rice varieties, Japonica rice accounts for the highest share of the global rice trade (around 12%), followed by Basmati rice (around 10%). World trade in glutinous rice has been increasing over the past 3 years. Rice import scenario is quite fragmented, with the top five importers accounting for only 30% of the global imports.
Favorable Trade Policies
Rice has a critical role in food security, hence it is politically sensitive and vulnerable to national government policy actions and private sector speculation almost all around the world. The international rice trade policies can be characterized by importing and exporting countries. While importing countries pursue market-stabilizing policies, exporting countries pursue policies to promote rice exports. Strategies like subsidies, credit guarantees and State controlled trading monopolies, bans or quotas on rice imports, etc. are among policy strategies implemented to isolate their domestic markets from external competition and to boost exports. The government sets minimum support prices and provides input subsidies at the farm level, coupled with policies on procurement, stocks, and distribution.
Rice has a critical role in food security, hence it is politically sensitive and vulnerable to national government policy actions and private sector speculation almost all around the world. The international rice trade policies can be characterized by importing and exporting countries. While importing countries pursue market-stabilizing policies, exporting countries pursue policies to promote rice exports. Strategies like subsidies, credit guarantees and State controlled trading monopolies, bans or quotas on rice imports, etc. are among policy strategies implemented to isolate their domestic markets from external competition and to boost exports. The government sets minimum support prices and provides input subsidies at the farm level, coupled with policies on procurement, stocks, and distribution.
Thailand, Vietnam, India, Pakistan, and US dominates the market in Exports
The top five rice exporters, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Pakistan, and the US represent 85% of the overall trade in rice. In spite of current uncertainties with regard to the effect of Thailand’s plan and other rice approaches into the future, the country with its production resources and strong focus on quality and branding is expected to remain the best as worldwide rice exporter over the time frame. Slower rice trade development is normal for Vietnam and the US because of area limitations, and irrigation constraints on account of the US. Worldwide net rice exports are anticipated to develop by 9.3 million metric ton over the benchmark time frame.
The top five rice exporters, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Pakistan, and the US represent 85% of the overall trade in rice. In spite of current uncertainties with regard to the effect of Thailand’s plan and other rice approaches into the future, the country with its production resources and strong focus on quality and branding is expected to remain the best as worldwide rice exporter over the time frame. Slower rice trade development is normal for Vietnam and the US because of area limitations, and irrigation constraints on account of the US. Worldwide net rice exports are anticipated to develop by 9.3 million metric ton over the benchmark time frame.
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Rice Market Forecast 2018-2023
The Rice industry research report analyses the supply, sales, production, and market status comprehensively. Production market shares and sales market shares are analysed along with the study of capacity, production, sales, and revenue. Several other factors such as import, export, gross margin, price, cost, and consumption are also analysed under the section Analysis of Rice production, supply, sales and market status.
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Basmati Rice Sales Market Research Report: Market Overview with Geographical Segmentation by Revenue with Forecast 2025
Basmati Rice Sales Market report includes the overall and comprehensive study of the Basmati Rice Sales market with all its aspects influencing the growth of the market. This report is exhaustive quantitative analyses of the Basmati Rice Sales industry and provides data for making Strategies to increase the market growth and effectiveness.
Basmati Rice Sales market is valued at USD XX million in 2017 and is expected to reach USD XX million by the end of 2025, growing at a CAGR of XX% between 2017 and 2025.&r
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Top Key Players of Basmati Rice Sales Market:
KRBL Limited, Amira Nature Foods, LT Foods, Best Foods, Kohinoor Rice, Aeroplane Rice, Tilda Basmati Rice, Matco Foods, Amar Singh Chawal Wala, Hanuman Rice Mills, Adani Wilmar, HAS Rice Pakistan, Galaxy Rice Mill, Dunar Foods, Sungold
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Basmati Rice Sales market report helps in making informed business decisions by having complete insights of market and by making in-depth analysis of market segments.
Major classifications are as follows: Indian Basmati Rice, Pakistani Basmati Rice, Kenya Basmati Rice, Other.
Major applications are as follows: Direct Edible, Deep Processing more.
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KRBL Limited, Amira Nature Foods, LT Foods, Best Foods, Kohinoor Rice, Aeroplane Rice, Tilda Basmati Rice, Matco Foods, Amar Singh Chawal Wala, Hanuman Rice Mills, Adani Wilmar, HAS Rice Pakistan, Galaxy Rice Mill, Dunar Foods, Sungold
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Basmati Rice Sales market report helps in making informed business decisions by having complete insights of market and by making in-depth analysis of market segments.
Major classifications are as follows: Indian Basmati Rice, Pakistani Basmati Rice, Kenya Basmati Rice, Other.
Major applications are as follows: Direct Edible, Deep Processing more.
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North America, Europe, China, Japan, Southeast Asia, India
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- What are the key market trends impacting the growth of the global Basmati Rice Sales market?
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DTI mulls ‘price setting’ for rice and sugar
Published
By Bernie Cahiles-Magkilat
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is looking at implementing “price setting” for rice and sugar by allowing the importation for those who can guarantee to sell rice at P38 per kilo and sugar at P50 per kilo.
DTI Secretary Ramon M. Lopez said this “price-setting” approach could ensure cheaper rice and sugar are available in the market.
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez (ALBERT ALCAIN/PPD / MANILA BULLETIN)
On rice, Lopez said the government plans to bring in 350,000 metric tons of rice to be imported by major retailers to boost supply of the grain for the B,C,D markets.
This is on top of the 750,000 MT earlier approved by the National Food Authority (NFA) Council for importation.
Lopez said DTI has invited major supermarket chains to undertake the importation activities with an undertaking of selling the well-milled rice at P38 per kilo, the pre inflation price of the variety consumed mainly by the target market and whose price has gone up to P44 to P45.
Lopez said since the need is immediate he hopes the imports will arrive by end October.
“We will make the import conditional
on this undertaking and they will be given permission,” he said.
Import permit can be given for specific volume per period and targetted price, but the importers will still have to pay for the 35 percent tariff for the protection of farmers. Their sales will be audited to verify that all stock permitted to import are sold at the desired price.
“This way, we don’t need to worry about layers of traders who will just make margins in the process. With this scheme, we allow retailers who will undertake
to sell all their imported stocks at the set price,” he said.
Lopez has already raised the idea to Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol, concurrent chairman of the NFA Council, who was amenable to the DTI proposal because this means faster distribution and a guarantee that the low-priced commodities will reach the consumers. With that, Lopez said, “DTI will develop the procedure.”
Basically, this will allow importation for those who will give undertaking to DTI and Department of Agriculture that they will sell at those prices.
This proposal is in response to the Administrative Order 26 of President Duterte to find ways to facilitate importation and availability of basic commodities especially rice and sugar.
The lower-priced price rice and sugar will be made available in supermarkets, and DTI and DA outlet stores – DTI Suking Outlets and DA Malasakit Stores.
While this measure is not for major profit for retailers, the DTI computation showed traders will get a reasonable return based on costing.
Lopez also expects the measure to keep traders on their toes.
Low supply of sugar
Meanwhile, the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) fears that there might be a very thin gap in the supply and demand of sugar in the coming months as most sugar mills and refineries are seen to ramp up their operations only by January next year.
SRA Board Member Roland Beltran bared this as he rationalized the need for the recently approved importation of 150,000 metric tons (MT) of sugar. If it pushes through, this would be the second time the Philippines is importing sugar this year and would be the first time the country is importing at the start of a sugar crop year, which stretches from September to August of the following year.
This move is contained in Sugar Order No. 2 (SO2), which also allowed end-users of sugar or sugar-using industries to directly import sugar for the first time ever.
“This is a preemptive importation to stabilize prices. Our data shows tightness of sugar supply between the months September to December. January is the peak season for the sugarcane industry,” Beltran said.
“Consumption and sugar mills are not yet fully operational. There are mills that will only start milling this October, 2018, and some will start milling in November, 2018. The peak milling season is January 2019,” he added.
Based on a data provided by SRA, there are only 10 sugar mills and refinery that have started operation so far. Some of these firms are Sweet Crystals Integrated Sugar Mill Corporation, Victorias Milling Company, First Farmers Holding, Corp., Central Azucarera Don Pedro Inc., Central Azucarera de Tarlac, and Universal Robina Corp-Sonedco.https://news.mb.com.ph/2018/10/03/dti-mulls-price-setting-for-rice-and-sugar/
But even before the SRA approved the importation of 150,000 MT of sugar, the National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW) already “vehemently opposed” the move, saying this would lower the prices of local sugar as well as the wages given to sugar workers.
John Milton Lozande, secretary general of NFSW, said the importation will negatively affect the lives of 780,000 sugar workers in the Philippines. (With a report from Madelaine B. Miraflor)
Published
By Bernie Cahiles-Magkilat
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is looking at implementing “price setting” for rice and sugar by allowing the importation for those who can guarantee to sell rice at P38 per kilo and sugar at P50 per kilo.
DTI Secretary Ramon M. Lopez said this “price-setting” approach could ensure cheaper rice and sugar are available in the market.
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez (ALBERT ALCAIN/PPD / MANILA BULLETIN)
On rice, Lopez said the government plans to bring in 350,000 metric tons of rice to be imported by major retailers to boost supply of the grain for the B,C,D markets.
This is on top of the 750,000 MT earlier approved by the National Food Authority (NFA) Council for importation.
Lopez said DTI has invited major supermarket chains to undertake the importation activities with an undertaking of selling the well-milled rice at P38 per kilo, the pre inflation price of the variety consumed mainly by the target market and whose price has gone up to P44 to P45.
Lopez said since the need is immediate he hopes the imports will arrive by end October.
“We will make the import conditional
on this undertaking and they will be given permission,” he said.
Import permit can be given for specific volume per period and targetted price, but the importers will still have to pay for the 35 percent tariff for the protection of farmers. Their sales will be audited to verify that all stock permitted to import are sold at the desired price.
“This way, we don’t need to worry about layers of traders who will just make margins in the process. With this scheme, we allow retailers who will undertake
to sell all their imported stocks at the set price,” he said.
to sell all their imported stocks at the set price,” he said.
Lopez has already raised the idea to Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol, concurrent chairman of the NFA Council, who was amenable to the DTI proposal because this means faster distribution and a guarantee that the low-priced commodities will reach the consumers. With that, Lopez said, “DTI will develop the procedure.”
Basically, this will allow importation for those who will give undertaking to DTI and Department of Agriculture that they will sell at those prices.
This proposal is in response to the Administrative Order 26 of President Duterte to find ways to facilitate importation and availability of basic commodities especially rice and sugar.
The lower-priced price rice and sugar will be made available in supermarkets, and DTI and DA outlet stores – DTI Suking Outlets and DA Malasakit Stores.
While this measure is not for major profit for retailers, the DTI computation showed traders will get a reasonable return based on costing.
Lopez also expects the measure to keep traders on their toes.
Low supply of sugar
Meanwhile, the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) fears that there might be a very thin gap in the supply and demand of sugar in the coming months as most sugar mills and refineries are seen to ramp up their operations only by January next year.
SRA Board Member Roland Beltran bared this as he rationalized the need for the recently approved importation of 150,000 metric tons (MT) of sugar. If it pushes through, this would be the second time the Philippines is importing sugar this year and would be the first time the country is importing at the start of a sugar crop year, which stretches from September to August of the following year.
This move is contained in Sugar Order No. 2 (SO2), which also allowed end-users of sugar or sugar-using industries to directly import sugar for the first time ever.
“This is a preemptive importation to stabilize prices. Our data shows tightness of sugar supply between the months September to December. January is the peak season for the sugarcane industry,” Beltran said.
“Consumption and sugar mills are not yet fully operational. There are mills that will only start milling this October, 2018, and some will start milling in November, 2018. The peak milling season is January 2019,” he added.
Based on a data provided by SRA, there are only 10 sugar mills and refinery that have started operation so far. Some of these firms are Sweet Crystals Integrated Sugar Mill Corporation, Victorias Milling Company, First Farmers Holding, Corp., Central Azucarera Don Pedro Inc., Central Azucarera de Tarlac, and Universal Robina Corp-Sonedco.https://news.mb.com.ph/2018/10/03/dti-mulls-price-setting-for-rice-and-sugar/
But even before the SRA approved the importation of 150,000 MT of sugar, the National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW) already “vehemently opposed” the move, saying this would lower the prices of local sugar as well as the wages given to sugar workers.
John Milton Lozande, secretary general of NFSW, said the importation will negatively affect the lives of 780,000 sugar workers in the Philippines. (With a report from Madelaine B. Miraflor)
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Annual California Field Day Heralds 70th Anniversary of Calrose
BIGGS, CA -- Last week, the California Rice
Experiment Station hosted their annual field day here that included a special
celebration marking the 70th year of the release of Calrose 1948, the founding
California medium grain variety developed by Jenkin Jones and Loren
Davis. Today Calrose is a market trade name for California medium grain
rice and known worldwide.
Adding to the celebratory atmosphere, the weather, a balmy 77 degrees, encouraged excited discussions and general disbelief. Attendees told stories of the usually scorching temperatures of previous field days and marveled at the beautiful morning that was 30 degrees cooler than the same day last year.
Poster viewing was the first item on the agenda, covering various topics from genetic characterization of weedy rice to management of tadpole shrimp with insecticides. Speakers at the morning General Session highlighted the release of M-210 and M-206, two varieties new to California seed growers that feature a blast resistant gene developed with marker-assisted selection.
Experiment Station staff hosted field tours to showcase research that included an evaluation of new weed control tools, and test plots highlighting successful California rice varieties and those currently in development.
Field Day 2018 concluded with a luncheon that, along with sushi rolls prepared on site, offered samples of several California rice varieties, including Calaroma-201, the new California long grain variety with a jasmine-like aroma profile and cooking qualities.
"California Field Day 2018 was a great success,thanks to a big assist from Mother Nature and the beautiful weather," said USA Rice President & CEO Betsy Ward. "Talking with farmers here from across the region, all signs indicate they can look forward to a healthy crop and a fruitful harvest."
Adding to the celebratory atmosphere, the weather, a balmy 77 degrees, encouraged excited discussions and general disbelief. Attendees told stories of the usually scorching temperatures of previous field days and marveled at the beautiful morning that was 30 degrees cooler than the same day last year.
Poster viewing was the first item on the agenda, covering various topics from genetic characterization of weedy rice to management of tadpole shrimp with insecticides. Speakers at the morning General Session highlighted the release of M-210 and M-206, two varieties new to California seed growers that feature a blast resistant gene developed with marker-assisted selection.
Experiment Station staff hosted field tours to showcase research that included an evaluation of new weed control tools, and test plots highlighting successful California rice varieties and those currently in development.
Field Day 2018 concluded with a luncheon that, along with sushi rolls prepared on site, offered samples of several California rice varieties, including Calaroma-201, the new California long grain variety with a jasmine-like aroma profile and cooking qualities.
"California Field Day 2018 was a great success,thanks to a big assist from Mother Nature and the beautiful weather," said USA Rice President & CEO Betsy Ward. "Talking with farmers here from across the region, all signs indicate they can look forward to a healthy crop and a fruitful harvest."
USA Rice Daily
Rice
farmers relying on water from Highland Lakes amid absent rains
By Mary Huber -
American-Statesman Staff
MICHAEL
CIAGLOCombines harvest rice at Ray Stoesser’s farm last summer on
July 26, 2017 in Raywood. Rice farmers buy their water from the LCRA at a lower
cost with the expectation their supply can be cut off at any time if circumstances
warrant. So far that has not had to happen this drought season. (Michael
Ciaglo/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Posted: 3:55 p.m. Sunday,
September 02, 2018
Highlights
Drought conditions have caused
Austin and the LCRA to tighten water restrictions this summer.
Rice farmers are facing the first
curtailment of their water supplies in three years amid the drought.
As drought conditions worsen
throughout Texas, and Austin officials have restricted the amount of water
residents can use, many have asked why rice farmers downstream on the Colorado
River are still getting water from the Highland Lakes.
So far this year, the Lower
Colorado River Authority, which manages the lakes, has sent 124,942 acre-feet
of water from the reservoirs at Lakes Travis and Buchanan to farmers in
Colorado, Wharton and Matagorda counties.
That’s more than double the 59,266
acre-feet sent downstream to agricultural customers all of last year, when
rainfall was more abundant and farmers could rely on flows from the Colorado
River to sustain their rice fields.
LCRA vice president of water John
Hofmann said the rice farmers, like everyone else this year, are relying on
stored water to survive in the dry time when rainfall is sparse and drought conditions have spread to three-fourths of the state.
“Right now all of our customers are
using more water from the reservoirs, whether it is your local cities such as
Austin, Leander, Cedar Park, Pflugerville, or whether it is industries or power
plants,” he said.
The LCRA provides water to
residential, agricultural and industrial customers throughout Texas. Most
cities rely on their own resources first before they come to the LCRA for
stored water, just like farmers rely on the river before the reservoirs.
With a rainfall deficit of at least
5 inches less than normal for the year so far in Austin, water supplies are
running low.
“The heart of the issue is … this
is why we have the lakes,” Hofmann said. “We create these water supply
impoundments to capture the rainfall in periods that are wet so we have
frequent supply in dry periods.”
Rice farmers will get 28 percent
less water from the LCRA this year for their second crop, which is harvested in
mid-October. It is the first time the river authority has curtailed their water
supply in three years because of the drought.
Steve Savage, whose family has been
farming rice in Bay City for more than 100 years, said if it doesn’t rain soon
it will be difficult to harvest his second crop. His business depends on water
from the LCRA to survive, and with the cutbacks, he has to be
ultra-conservative this year, he said.
“It is stressful enough being a
farmer and dealing with the elements, and you put a water curtailment on top of
all that, it makes it worse,” Savage said. “We never worried about water
before. Now it is something we think about all the time.”
A good dousing would mean Savage
could rely on water from the Colorado River instead of the LCRA.
He said he eyes the forecast and
prays for rain.
“One big thunderstorm in the right
place in two days, the lakes could be running over into the streets of Austin,”
he said.
Hofmann said the water supply is
still in good shape despite the drought.
On Sunday, Lakes Travis and
Buchanan were filled to 68 percent of capacity.
In 2013, one of the region’s worst
drought years, they were drained to as low as 32 percent of capacity. The
loss had been exacerbated by the LCRA’s decision in 2011 to send a whopping
433,251 acre-feet of water, or 141 billion gallons, downstream to the rice
farmers, at the start of the multi-year drought.
The water management plan in place
at the time only looked at lake levels on Jan. 1 to determine the amount of
water to make available to farmers. The LCRA said it didn’t anticipate the dry
conditions in the months ahead and did not have the necessary provisions to
protect the water supply. They had to seek emergency orders through the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality between 2012 and 2015 to halt the flow of
water entirely to farmers.
The debacle prompted the LCRA
to make major revisions to its water management plan in 2015.
The river authority now looks at
lake levels and inflows on both March 1, for the first rice crop of the season,
and on July 1, for the second rice crop. If the reservoirs fall below certain
levels, the river authority can reduce the amount of water it makes available
to farmers. If they fall even lower, it can shut it off completely.
Rice farmers buy their water from
the LCRA at a lower cost with the expectation their supply can be cut off at
any time if circumstances warrant. So far that has not had to happen this
drought season. Next year could prove harder for farmers.
“This year going into 2018, there
was ample water in the lakes so we could basically plant what we wanted to
plant,” Savage said. “Going into 2019 it is going to be a lot tougher because
there hasn’t been rain.”
States
Bask In Rice Production As Nigeria Plans To Exit Import By 2020
September 5, 2018 By
CHIKA IZUORA
Chief Audu Ogbeh, minister of agriculture and
rural development recently in Lagos made a solemn claim but with firm assurance
that by 2020, Nigeria will not only stop rice importation but will assume a
status of net exporter. CHIKA IZUORA in this report, looks at indices that give
impetus to this stance.
It was at a lecture
organised by the Catholic Brothers United, a religious group at the St. Agnes
Catholic Church, Maryland in Lagos.
Chief Audu Ogbeh,
minister of agriculture and rural development was the guest speaker on the
topic, “Technology and Agricultural Revolution: A Tool for Economic Growth”.
Throughout the duration of the lecture that lasted more than three hours, he
spoke extensively on governments efforts to boost rice production in the
country.’’ According to him, at the moment Nigeria has reduced rice importation
by 90 per cent, meaning we need just a little effort to achieve 100 per year.
He emphatically said that in two years, Nigeria will exit rice importation.
Ogheh, insisted that Nigeria is going to be self-sufficient in rice production
and prices are also expected to fall. However, a peep into the industry in the
past indeed, shows a fluctuation of the local commodity production from 2,400
to 3,600 in the past five years.
The import rates have also increased to 5,850
from 4,800 during the same period of time. At the same time, the country is
experiencing a rise in consumption rate of the same commodity. Last year, the
consumption rate has risen to seven million Metric Tons according to government
statistics with only 2.7 million metric tons produced by Nigerian farmers. In
2016, Nigeria projected to reach 2.7 million metric tons in 2017 if government
policy of restricting importation was strictly adhered to.
According to the Nigeria rice production
statistics, the imports have started to make up 50 per cent of the local
consumption rates. However, after a policy turn around towards promoting
agriculture, Nigeria has realised an estimated N102.6 billion as revenue from
the value of rice produced locally by farmers in 18 states under the Central
Bank of Nigeria (CBN’s) Anchor Borrower Programme (ABP).
According to Growth and
Employment in States (GEMS4) report on Nigeria’s rice production from the
Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, a programme funded by
the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DfID), titled
“Mapping of rice produc-tion clusters in Nigeria,” GEMS4 revealed that Nigeria
is reaping from the CBN’s Anchor Borrowers Programme and is on the verge of
attaining its rice self-sufficiency target this year. A breakdown of the report
last year, revealed that the total paddy production in Nigeria in 2016 was
estimated at 17,487,562 metric tons, leaving a balance of about 11.4 million
metric tons after accounting for 12.4 per cent of rice production wasted due to
post-harvest losses. Consequently, this left a total of 5.7 million metric tons
of milled rice, bringing Nigeria’s rice production closer to the seven million
projected milled rice requirement for 2016.
According to the report,
18 states were selected based on their contribution to national production as
per the 2015 Agricultural Production Survey (APS). In those 18 states, rice
farming was described as widely spread across 165 clusters and 2,812
subclusters. “The 2016 total paddy production estimate is put at 17.5 million
tons with a marketing surplus (after post-harvest losses and domestic use) of
11.4 million tons (equivalent to 5.7 million tons milled equivalent), just
below the total national demand for rice, which was projected to reach seven
million in 2016. This implies that the country is progressing towards its goal
of rice self-sufficiency,” the report stated.
Kebbi State led with
3.56 million metric tons for the wet and dry seasons production combined,
followed by Kano at 2.82 million metric tons. Kebbi produced 2.05 million
metric tons in the wet season and 1.51 million metric tons in the dry season,
while Kano produced 1.86 and 0.96 million metric tons during the wet and dry
seasons respectively over the same period under review. However, only 10 of the
18 states were involved in the dry season production.
According to the study, GEMS4 embarked upon a
mapping exercise of rice production clusters through researchers and
enumerators’ visits to rice production locations in 18 states, namely: Bauchi,
Benue, Ebonyi, Ekiti, FCT, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi and Kogi.
Others are Kwara, Nassarawa, Niger, Ogun, Sokoto, Taraba and Zamfara. The
researchers, according to the study, expressed optimism that information of
paddy production clusters will support the development of supply chains from
nearby rice clusters around existing commercial rice mills or proposed new
plants in the country.
A cluster is an agglomeration of various rice
production communities or sub-clusters, located around specific geographic
production continuum, sharing some natural resources, such as water and flood
plains. Findings by GEMS4 revealed the responses of states to the federal
government’s policy goal of reducing import dependence, particularly of rice,
which drains about N1 billion daily on importation. The report also noted that
10 per cent of total arable land in Nigeria is used for rice cultivation,
although Nigeria is the largest producer of rice in West Africa, it is the
second largest importer of rice globally.
Analysis of the report
indicated a dry season production of 4,646,296.64 metric tons or 26.57 per
cent, cultivated on 3,037,324 hectares of farmlands and wet season production
of 12,841,265.18 metric tons or 73.43 per cent, cultivated over 859,624
hectares. It also showed that 1.43 million rice farmers were involved in the
wet season, representing 17.7 per cent of farming families in the wet season in
Nigeria.
In the dry season, however, the estimated
total number of farmers was 410,210, representing only 5.1 per cent of the
total farming families. A conspicuous finding on the average yield per hectare
was that the yields during the dry season were consistently and comparatively
higher than in wet seasons for all states involved in both wet and dry season
cultivation, which opens an area of great prospects for policy intervention in
rice production in Nigeria.
The average yield per
hectare of rice during the wet season was found to be the highest in Ebonyi, at
5.63 metric tons, but lowest in Kwara at 2.68 tons. For the dry season, Niger
recorded the highest average yield per hectare of 6.45 metric tons while Kaduna
had the least average yield per hectare of 3.5 metric tons. GEMS4 report,
however, listed the potential for increasing productivity, pointing out that 13
per cent of farmers reported using high-yielding planting method (transplanting
seedlings), while 32 per cent used irrigation and 56 per cent had access to one
hectare of additional land.
The report listed the
challenges observed to include finding that farmers generally reported having
difficulties acquiring agroinputs, particularly quality seed and fertiliser and
accessing credit. Infrastructure such as irrigation facilities, feeder roads
and storage facilities constituted an area of challenge with poor quality or a
total lack of it. Others include flooding in wet season, poor access to
information on modern methods of farming and post-harvest technologies, poor
access to credit, and a loss of labour through migration of young people to
cities, resulting in aging farming population.
LEADERSHIP reports that
although rice is a traditional crop in Nigeria, local production was limited
until recently. Internal demand is growing and, at the same time, rice is a
major commodity of world trade. Nigeria is therefore under pressure from
international bodies not to restrict imports; production under local conditions
to match prices of rice produced on large mechanised farms therefore represents
a considerable challenge. Considerable effort has gone into breeding rice for
West African conditions by both West Africa Rice Development Association WARDA
and national research and dissemination institutions such as the National
Cereals Research Institute NCRI.
DFID therefore commissioned a three-country
study, MAPs (Multi-Agency Partnerships) to be co-ordinated by the Overseas
Development Institute, on the effectiveness of linkages between local, national
and international institutions in disseminating improved technologies for rice
production. Just recently, Kebbi State government, announced it has
commenced rice exportation to West and North African countries. Speaking when
he hosted the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) Barr Hassan
Bello, the governor of the state, Sen. Abubakar Atiku Bagudu said the state has
started exporting rice to Republic of Benin, Niger and Libya in the last three
years. “We are exporting rice because people from Benin Republic, Niger and
Libya are buying our rice except if you are defining export as selling to the
West (Europe). Bello had visited the governor with his management team to
inform the Governor about the plans to establish an Inland Container Depot
(ICD) and a Truck Transit Park in the state. The Governor however assured the
Council of the readiness of his administration to support any project that will
drive trade facilitation and sustain economic growth.
He described Kebbi as agrarian state which has
potential in agriculture, including aquatic splendour, which makes the state as
part of the Blue Sea economy. Bagudu described the ICD and Truck Transit Park
as very important projects to the state considering that it has enormous
agricultural and minerals deposits. He said that sharing borders with Niger and
Benin Republic, Kebbi has an advantage of exporting commodities. The governor
also explained that the state has seven big rivers, including Argungu River
which promotes the International Fishing Festival that has become a tourist
destination. Apart from being a rice producer, Kebbi, the governor said
produces onions and pepper, adding that all these have made the planned Lolo
Inland Container Depot and Truck Park as very important.
Bello had during the
visit informed the governor of the decision to construct the ICD and Truck Park
in the state. The NSC CEO while noting that the state was strategically located
said the two projects will stimulate the economy of the state with a lot of
multiplier effect to the national economy. In a similar move, the Anambra State
government has begun deepening its partnership with farmers to further
strategise on measures geared toward making the state “the food basket of the
nation’’. Governor Willie Obiano said this during a meeting with rice farmers
at the Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia.
The farmers across the
Rice Value Chain were gathered from the 21 Local Government Areas within the
state for the crucial meeting. The governor, while briefing them said his
vision was to boost rice yield per hectare, so as to add to the rice production
capacity of the state. He noted that his administration’s “vision remains to
produce more commercial quantity to supersede consumption capacity. “Anambra is
on the verge of exporting rice, in addition to other vegetables it had already
started exporting, as it will boost job creation and revenue generation. “The
state government intends to realise this through the provision of high-yielding
varieties, assisting in bringing in more people into rice production and
helping with land clearing” he said, adding that said his government had
evolved plans to phase out local millers. “This can only be done when an
agreement has been brokered between the local producers and the mechanised
millers on the standard price for off take of paddy,” Obiano stated further.
Chinese super hybrid-rice researchers claim new world
record yield
2018-09-04
09:13:23Global TimesEditor : Li YanECNS
China
has set a new world record for super hybrid rice yield with 17 tons per hectare
at a demonstration base in Gejiu, Southwest China's Yunnan Province.
The
rice was planted in 6.67 hectares of a demonstration base in Gejiu, a
county-level city located on top of a mountain north of the Red River valley,
which flows from Yunnan's Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture to Vietnam.
Researchers
harvested 17 tons per hectare of the Xiangliangyou 900 super hybrid rice,
Beijing-based newspaper Science and Technology Daily reported on Monday.
Such
a yield is "a new world record for large area-planted rice output per
hectare," according to a statement released on the website of the rice
creator: Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, a division of the China National
Hybrid Rice R&D Center.
More
than 100 officials and scientists from all over China witnessed the harvest on
Sunday, in which three smaller fields were chosen randomly and then examined
for yield by agriculture experts, the statement said.
"The
record shows that China's rice breeding technique continues to improve and that
China's rice production potential continues to rise," Li Xinqi, a research
fellow at the center, told the Global Times on Monday.
The
harvested rice was planted in March, the newspaper reported. The rice grew with
plentiful, well-developed seeds and no major diseases or pests were spotted,
the report said.
Li
said the rice could meet the country's demand for emergency food supplies and
help farmers profit.
China's
"father of hybrid rice" Yuan Longping has set a goal of reaching a
rice yield of 18 tons per hectare by 2020, with other demonstration bases in
China also striving to reach the goal, according to the statement.
"The
plantation model has shown similar results in other places," Li said.
Rising global temperatures to cause insect crop losses, food
shortages: Study
· By BOPHA PHORN
Christian Ender/Getty Images
WATCHNews headlines today: Sep. 4, 2018
Rising global temperatures are leading to a boom in the number
of insects devouring crops worldwide, and could cause future foodshortages, says a study published last week in the
journal Science.
According to researchers, the
global yield losses of wheat, maize and rice crops to pests, particularly in
the temperate northern regions of the globe, are projected to increase by 10 to
25 percent per degree Celsius increase of global mean surface warming.
"The impact of insects because of climate change could be at least as great and
perhaps greater than the impact of climate on crop itself directly," Josh
Tewksbury, a research professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and one
of the authors of the study, told ABC News. "The major finding is that
we're underestimating the degree to which climate change is going to impact our
ability to feed the world."
Getty Images
Damaged leaves from plant eating insects.
The study found that the U.S.,
the world largest maize producer, could see a roughly 36 percent increase in
insect-induced maize losses by 2050 under current climate warming trajectories,
a total reduction of almost 20 million tons annually.
Meanwhile, the world’s top rice
producer, China, could expect future insect-induced losses of over 27 million
tons annually by 2050.
Wheat produced in European
countries will also see a huge crop loss to insects. France alone will lose
roughly 2.5 million tons of total wheat production by 2050.
“
”
'The
impact of insects because of climate change could be at least as great and
perhaps greater than the impact of climate on crop itself directly'
To study how rising temperatures
and more insects could impact food crops, researchers looked at the impact that
insects currently have on rice, maize and wheat. They then calculated the
potential for crop damage through 2050 by adding robust climate projection
data, crop yield statistics, insect metabolic rates, and demographic
information.
As the temperature increases in
temperate zones like Europe and the U.S., so does the appetite of pests.
“Insects get hungrier, eat more,
their metabolism goes up and in the temperate zone we predict that those
insects will reproduce faster. It will get bigger populations every summer,” said
Tewksbury.
Patrick Pleul/AFP/Getty Images
Seasonal workers from Romania crop cucumbers on June 14, 2018 at
the Spreewaldbauer Ricken farm in Sellendorf near Baruth, northeastern Germany,
after the crop season was launched.more +
He added that using pesticides to
combat the pests will have adverse side effects, are not sustainable solution.
Scott Merrill, a professor at the
University of Vermont and one of the authors of the study, said that he hopes
this research will help people begin to find solutions to pest increases. One
might be using natural predators to combat insects, like parasitic wasps and
lady bugs, who will also experience a population boom due to climate change.
“Those are natural enemies that
can be used as biological control and they should be experiencing some of the
same dynamics that we see with the pest,” said Merrill.
However, not everyone will be
able to afford to deal with the pest boom of the future.
"Some of the rich countries
will probably find ways that they can manage for these pests although there's
going to be a lot more pressure," said Merrill. “I'm really worried about
the countries and regions that don't have a lot of resources.”
Chinese super hybrid-rice researchers claim
new world record yield
2018-09-04
09:13:23Global TimesEditor : Li Yan
China has set a new world record
for super hybrid rice yield with 17 tons per hectare at a demonstration base in
Gejiu, Southwest China's Yunnan Province.The rice was planted in 6.67 hectares
of a demonstration base in Gejiu, a county-level city located on top of a
mountain north of the Red River valley, which flows from Yunnan's Dali Bai
Autonomous Prefecture to Vietnam.
Researchers harvested 17 tons per
hectare of the Xiangliangyou 900 super hybrid rice, Beijing-based newspaper
Science and Technology Daily reported on Monday.
Such a yield is "a new world
record for large area-planted rice output per hectare," according to a
statement released on the website of the rice creator: Hunan Hybrid Rice
Research Center, a division of the China National Hybrid Rice R&D Center.
More than 100 officials and
scientists from all over China witnessed the harvest on Sunday, in which three
smaller fields were chosen randomly and then examined for yield by agriculture
experts, the statement said.
"The record shows that China's
rice breeding technique continues to improve and that China's rice production
potential continues to rise," Li Xinqi, a research fellow at the center,
told the Global Times on Monday.
The harvested rice was planted in
March, the newspaper reported. The rice grew with plentiful, well-developed
seeds and no major diseases or pests were spotted, the report said.
Li said the rice could meet the
country's demand for emergency food supplies and help farmers profit.
China's "father of hybrid
rice" Yuan Longping has set a goal of reaching a rice yield of 18 tons per
hectare by 2020, with other demonstration bases in China also striving to reach
the goal, according to the statement."The plantation model has shown
similar results in other places," Li said.
Innovations in Climate Smart Agriculture offer South Asian
Farmers Prosperity, Part 1
Part One of a two part series on
work in South Asia conducted by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement
Center (CIMMYT)
EL BATAN, Mexico (CIMMYT) – Long
before climate smart agriculture became a popular term, farmers and scientists
were experimenting with sustainable agriculture techniques to
produce high food staple yields with reduced environmental impact.
Since that work began, the need
to boost agricultural production while building resilience to climate change
and reducing greenhouse gas emissions has become more acute.
Natural resources are under up to
five times more stress in South Asia than elsewhere due to agricultural
intensification, urbanization, population growth, increasing climate change
risks, and difficulties related to land degradation, according to a recent research paper by M.L. Jat,
principal scientist based in New Delhi, India with the International Maize
and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), a non-profit international
research organization headquartered near Mexico City.
“Over the next 30 years,
variability in growing conditions for key staples including rice and wheat
resulting effects is projected to lower crop yields by 10 to 40 percent due to
climate change,” Jat says, adding that total crop failure will become more
common.
“Additionally, during the same
period, more than half the current wheat growing area in the key Indo-Gangetic
Plains growing area will likely become unsuitable for production due to heat
stress.”
However, despite challenges, the
future for farmers in the region shows promise, largely due to a combination of
efforts by Jat, his CIMMYT scientist colleagues, members of the CGIAR system of
agricultural researchers, national agricultural research centers, including
the CGIAR
Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security,
the Borlaug
Institute for South Asia (BISA) and the Cereal Systems Initiative
of South Asia (CSISA).
ZERO TILL
Zero tillage techniques with
rice-wheat farmers have led to massive benefits for the agricultural community
and beyond.
The practice involves sowing
wheat seed directly into the soil and rice residues left on the fields without
burning crop residue or tilling the soil, leading to environmental and
financial benefits from protecting soil and water resources, cutting greenhouse
gas emissions, while slashing land preparation costs for farmers.
“Initially, the concept of not
tilling the soil led to reactions of disbelief from farmers and policymakers,”
Jat says. “But now, it’s extremely rewarding to see farmers are planting in
untilled land on almost 2 million hectares throughout India. The technique also
has huge regional potential as rice-wheat crop rotation systems are widely used
throughout Nepal and Pakistan and are equivalent to almost a quarter of global
food production.”
For effective zero tillage,
farmers are using Happy Seeder, farm machinery developed by a collaborative
network of scientists, including CIMMYT scientists. The tractor-mounted
implement, which simultaneously chops rice residues into mulch, cuts open a
furrow in the field, plants and covers the seed, was funded initially by the
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), led by
Punjab Agricultural University.
In a recent paper titled “Burning issues of
paddy residue management in northwest fields of India,” Jat described a range
of uses for residues that farmers have traditionally burned to avoid the cost
of removal. Many farmers now also use the residues for animal feed and biofuel,
for example.
“Farmers can either buy the
seeder or hire local service providers to sow their seed on contract if they
cannot afford it,” says Jat, who has also conducted research into the benefits of
greenhouse gas emissions reduction due to zero tillage techniques.
IRRIGATION INITIATIVE
Rice-wheat, rice-maize, or
rice-rice rotations on the same parcel of land, also known as double cropping,
sustainably increase production without harming the environment by expanding
farmland into natural growth ecosystems. Often groundwater is used for
irrigation. In some areas overdraw of groundwater poses a challenge; in other
areas, irrigation facilities are not widely developed.
In northwestern Bangladesh, for
example, groundwater irrigation is used widely to compensate for drought conditions in the
dry winter season. However, in the country’s large coastal region, groundwater
extraction leads to high fuel costs for pumping from groundwater. In some
areas, deep tube wells also present a health risk due to natural arsenic
contamination, says Timothy Krupnik, a CIMMYT systems agronomist who leads
CSISA in Bangladesh. Additionally, in some areas shallow groundwater
has high salt concentrations, which can be bad for crops.
Krupnik worked with a team to identify where
surface water from canals or rivers can be used as a viable irrigation
alternative to encourage double-cropping. The research led to the invention of
an online
geospatial tool to identify surface water irrigation resources
and identify where fallow and low-productivity rainfed cropland can be
converted to higher- and more stable-yielding (and risk reducing irrigated
crops) using this alternative water source. The remote sensing tool developed
with CIMMYT’s Urs Schulthess through CSISA allows users to target ideal places
to expand irrigation.
“Although Bangladesh will likely
remain mostly reliant on groundwater irrigation, the tool identifies available
fresh surface water resources and land that can be sustainably intensified with
double cropping,” Krupnik says.
The Land 'Calls Out'; New 'Short
Talks' Focuses on Rice Production
Sep. 04, 2018
University Relations
Benjamin Runkle
BENJAMIN RUNKLE-SHORT TALKS
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Did you know Arkansas is the top rice
producer in the United States?
"We're really a dominant player in global rice production
and specifically the U.S.," says Benjamin Runkle, assistant professor of
biological and agricultural engineering, in the latest episode of Short
Talks From the Hill, a podcast of the University of Arkansas.
Runkle explains why the land "calls out to be rice
production fields."
"The whole Delta region of Arkansas is very flat and has
rich, fertile soils. … These soils have been deposited by the (Mississippi)
river over millennia, and the clays there are really good at holding in
water…"
But there's a problem: Much of the Arkansas Delta's water source
is declining.
To learn about Runkle's efforts to help Arkansas rice producers
use less water and reduce greenhouse gas emissions — and to learn more about
Arkansas rice production in general — listen to the podcast.
Short Talks From the Hill highlights research and
scholarly work at the University of Arkansas. Hear more Short
Talks podcasts at ResearchFrontiers.uark.edu (click on the
multimedia link), the home of research news at the University of Arkansas,
or the "Local & Podcast" link at KUAF.com.
Wheat strengthens on increased
offtake by flour mills
Published: September 4, 2018 2:29 PM IST
New Delhi, Sep 4 (PTI) Wheat prices edged
higher by Rs 5 per quintal in an otherwise steady wholesale grains market today
due to increased offtake by flour mills.
However, jowar eased on subdued demand from consuming industries.
Traders attributed the rise in wheat prices to some demand from flour mills amid pause in arrivals from growing regions.
In the national capital, wheat dara (for mills) inched up by Rs 5 to Rs 1,980-1,985 per quintal. Atta chakki delivery followed suit and enquired higher by a similar margin to Rs 1,990-1,995 per 90 kg.
On the other hand, jowar yellow and white drifted down by Rs 100 each to Rs 1,600-1,650 and Rs 2,800-2,850 per quintal.
Following are today’s quotations (in Rs per quintal): Wheat MP (desi) Rs 2,320-2,420, Wheat dara (for mills) Rs 1,980-1,985, Atta Chakki(delivery) Rs 1,990-1,995, Atta Rajdhani (10 kg) Rs 250-280, Shakti Bhog (10 kg) Rs 275-310, Roller flour mill Rs 1,070-1,090 (50 kg), Maida Rs 1,170-1,180 (50 kg) and Sooji Rs 1,200-1,210 (50 kg).
Basmati rice (Lal Quila) Rs 10,700, Shri Lal Mahal Rs 11,300, Super Basmati rice Rs 9,900, Basmati common new Rs 7,600-7,700, Rice Pusa (1121) Rs 6,700-6,800, Permal raw Rs 2,425-2,450, Permal wand Rs 2,525-2,575, Sela Rs 3,050-3,150 and rice IR-8 Rs 2,025-2,075.
Bajra Rs 1,350-1,355, Jowar yellow Rs 1,600-1,650, white Rs 2,800-2,850, Maize Rs 1,340-1,345, Barley Rs 1,560-1,570.
This is published unedited from the PTI feed.
f http://www.india.com/news/agencies/wheat-strengthens-on-increased-offtake-by-flour-mills-3-3273106/
How floods broke the backbone of
plywood factories, rice mills in Kerala
The flood-impact to the plywood business in Perumbavoor, which has,
over decades, supported a strong timber-based economy, comes on the heels of
the adverse effects of the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST)
and the ban on high-value currency notes in 2016.
Written by Vishnu Varma | Perumbavoor | Updated: September 5, 2018 1:02:32 pm
A worker at Chaithanya Plywoods in Perumbavoor town carrying waste
after the floods ravaged the factory. (Express photo by Nirmal Harindran)
When the turbulent flood waters of the Periyar were gushing into
the factory of Chaithanya Plywoods in Perumbavoor in the early morning hours of
August 15, Sadath, the 26-year-old partner of the family-owned firm, was on a
business trip to China. When his panic-stricken family informed him of the
seriousness of the floods over phone, he switched on his laptop to examine the
factory’s condition through the CCTV cameras installed at the facility. What he
saw horrified him.
“When you see the water-current, you’d feel as if this is it.
This is the end. Jeevitham munnottu ini illa ennu vare thonni poyi (I thought
there’s nothing to look forward to life anymore),” said Sadath, who joined his
father’s business after passing out of high school.
Within hours, the power at the factory blacked out and so did
Sadath’s vision of the enterprise he worked hard to build. Without wasting any
more time, he hurriedly booked tickets to reach home.
Last week, Sadath stood inside his factory, seemingly lost in
thought, as a dozen workers milled around him, meticulously cleaning small
equipment and machinery. The floodwaters, by now, have completely receded from
the plywood factory, but has left behind its worst excesses. At least half a
dozen major equipment like peeling machines and sensor-embedded debarking
machines sat in disrepair. The water, believed to have risen up to a height of
15 ft, had drowned all machinery, rendering them useless. Around Sadath,
thousands of finished plywood sheets and sheets of imported face veneer (which
are glued on both sides of plywood) have begun to sprout moulds and mushrooms.
In one corner of the factory, a large heap of plywood waste sits, waiting for
clearance from local government officials to be cleared away.
“We had 85 tonnes of plywood right here which was to be shipped
to clients in Chennai and Bengaluru. Much of the material has flowed away, the
rest are still here, but all of it is useless. The stock was worth Rs 1.75 cr
and if you add the machinery which has to be repaired, our losses would stand
at Rs 2 crore,” said Sadath.
There has been major
impact to stocks and machinery at many plywood factories in Perumbavoor.
(Express photo by Nirmal Harindran)
Chaitanya Plywoods, that Sadath’s family helms, is one of the critically-affected
plywood factories in Perumbavoor, an industrial hub 40 kilometres off Kochi in
Kerala. The town, a nerve centre of migrant labour, is considered a major hub
for plywood trade with nearly 450 small and medium-size establishments in a 10-km
radius, shipping large consignments of furniture-grade plywood and wood veneer
to all parts of the country. Till about four years ago, over 60% of the
plywood manufactured in Perumbavoor used to be exported to markets in Dubai,
Qatar and Sri Lanka. But today, owing to heavy competition with cheaper
Chinese-made plywood, officials say exports have nose-dived to less than 20%.
Until the floods came, around 200 truck-loads of plywood and face veneer used
to be shipped daily from Perumbavoor.
The livelihoods of thousands of inter-state workers,
supervisors, mechanics, drivers, carpenters and timber suppliers, based in and
around Perumbavoor depend on the plywood trade, making it a major cog in the
state’s industrial setup. The floods this year have showered untold damage on
the plywood business forcing many entrepreneurs like Sadath to line up in front
of banks and insurance firms.
“At least 400 factories deal in plywood trade in Perumbavoor and
nearby areas alone, out of which 70 of them have suffered damages of 80 per
cent. These are people who had never expected in the wildest of their dreams
that the water would rise so high. Many of them are facing losses in excess of
Rs 1.5 cr, mainly due to huge stocks of costly, imported face veneer,” said
Babu Saidali, state secretary of the Sawmill Owners and Plywood Manufacturing
Owners Association.
Lining up before bank
officials and insurance companies is what most plywood factory owners are doing
right now. (Express photo by Nirmal Harindran)
“When some of our factories have fire accidents, our association
provides funds from within to help them. But we are talking of 70 factory
owners here. We have limitations. We have sent a resolution to the Chief
Minister’s Office and plan to hold talks with Industries Minister E P
Jayarajan. We are expecting government help,” he added.
The plywood industry, which depends heavily on migrant labour,
has had to contend with shortage of manpower as well, after the floods.
Thousands of migrant workers from Assam Odisha, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh,
who form the crux of the labour, have moved out of Perumbavoor, either
returning to their home-towns or shifting to wherever they would find work.
Factory owners are counting on them to return once the situation improves.
The flood-impact to the plywood business in Perumbavoor, which
has, over decades, supported a strong timber-based economy, comes on the heels
of the adverse effects of the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax
(GST) and the ban on high-value currency notes in 2016.
“Our factory had to completely suspend operations for almost 1.5
months after demonetisation. Then came GST with higher tax cuts. Just as we
were recovering from that, the floods came. Now, we are at the mercy of
insurance companies. All our stocks are insured, but we have to wait and see
how much they will cover,” said Sadath.
The monetary losses today have shaken his family, the
26-year-old admits, but not to the extent of dampening their hopes of recovery.
“We are all taking tablets for blood pressure,” he said, with a smile. “My
father is getting old and I am the eldest child. I behave as if nothing has
happened. They are living with the hope that I would go out there and get some
bank loan. Let that belief remain.”
Perumbavoor, a town 40
kilometres off Kochi, has been prominent for its timber-based allied industry.
(Express photo by Nirmal Harindran)
Paddy of the poor
Eight kilometres from Chaithanya Plywood factory sits the huge
5-acre compound of the GM Agro Mills, one of the biggest in the area. The
factory procures nearly 200 truck loads of paddy every month from nearby
districts which then undergo an extensive process of cleaning, de-husking,
polishing, grading and sorting to be packed into large sacks of rice. These
sacks then get shipped off across the entire length and breadth of Kerala to
private retail outlets and government-owned ration shops.
Along with the plywood trade in Perumbavoor, the floods this
monsoon have equally broken the backbone of the rice mills in the area,
resulting in massive losses. The town and its surrounding areas of Kalady and
Kanjoor have provided hospitable climate for rice mills over the years. From
availability of water to open grain markets to a steady supply of cheap,
migrant labour, a slew of factors have contributed to the region hosting dozens
of rice mills which have pleasantly recorded good profits as well.
But today, many of the rice mills like GM Agro Mills are in a
bad state.
A worker scanning the
hundreds of rice sacks damaged by the floods at GM Agro Mills. (Express photo
by Nirmal Harindran)
Narayana Kurup, general manager of the GM Agro Mills, is busy in
his office these days, shooting off letters to the Food Corporation of India,
insurance companies and bank officials. Inside the asbestos-roofed rice mill, a
tall staircase leads to Kurup’s tiny office, at least 25 ft high, but when one
looks down below, the devastation of rice mills like this one is clearly
evident. Hundreds of sacks, filled with thousands of kilograms of rice, lie
splayed across the entire breadth of the factory. The pungent smell of rotting
rice fills the factory, making it difficult for anyone to stand for more than
five minutes.
“This is about 60 truck loads of rice which was meant to reach
the people of Konni and Udumbanchola before Onam festival through stores of
SupplyCo. It’s all wasted. And the foul smell makes it impossible for us to
work here,” says Kurup.
Owners of rice mills want
government authorities to clear the shifting of the damaged stocks as soon as
possible. (Express photo by Nirmal Harindran)
SupplyCo is the Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation founded
in 1974 with the objective of regulating prices of essential commodities in the
state and making them available to all sections of the society. Today, with
more than 1500 retail outlets, SupplyCo is an essential component of the open
market between the suppliers and the consumers.
According to Kurup, the sudden flooding of the factory on the
intervening night of August 14-15, exacerbated by the release of water from
dams like Idamalayar and Mullaperiyar into the Periyar river, made it
impossible for them to shift all their stocks to a safer location. “The water
was rising very fast and its current is unimaginable. Even a trained swimmer
cannot survive in this water. We tried to shift as much as we could,” he said.
“Our preliminary internal estimate suggests losses of up to Rs
12 crores including Rs 2.4 crores for the SupplyCo stock. Parts of our
machinery like storage tanks, boilers, dryers and motors have all been damaged.
A 11kV transformer of the state electricity board that powers the factory also
went under water,” he added.
GM Agro Mills is one of
the major enterprises which has suffered losses running into several crores.
(Express photo by Nirmal Harindran)
Varky Peter, secretary of the Kalady-based Kerala Rice Millers
Association, said the immediate step the government needs to take is to pass
orders to clear and dump the damaged stocks from all factory premises. “As each
day passes, it is becoming difficult for us to keep the damaged rice. Storing
the damaged rice further will lead to spread of diseases,” he said, over the
phone.
“Around 30 of the 70 agro mills in and around Kalady have been
affected by the floods. Each factory has given us their estimates which point
to a total of Rs 160 crore losses,” he added.
Most of the stocks at GM
Agro Mills in Koovapady was meant to be shipped to SupplyCo depots in Konni and
Udumbanchola. (Express photo by Nirmal Harindran)
The rice mill industry in and around Kalady processes and ships
about 2000 tonnes of rice a day, 95% of which is the brown-coloured ‘matta’
variety. Paddy is also procured from areas in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Peter
says a large section of the population in Kerala, which used to earlier eat ‘matta’
rice has now shifted to the ‘white rice’ that comes mostly from markets in
Andhra Pradesh. “People are very cautious about artificial colouring of matta
rice which is not true at all. Earlier, over 75% people in Kerala used to
consume ‘matta’ rice which has crashed to just about 25-30% now,” he says.
The Association in a statement pleaded to the state government
to announce a special financial package for the rice millers so that the
industry can get back on its feet as soon as possible. Many of the mill owners
are already burdened with heavy loans and interests, it said, adding that it
would be cruel to impose more financial constraints on them. “At one time in
Kerala, there used to be 2500 rice mills. Now, only about 150 exist. We watch
with profound worry how these few remaining rice mills will survive this great
calamity,” it said.
Paulson VO, the owner of Kalyan Rice Mill near Manjapra, is
another aggrieved businessman. At his facility, water that rose till 18 ft
height drowned its offices, boilers, transformer, generator and sorting
machines. It also ravaged nearly 250 tonnes of processed and packaged rice,
leading to estimated losses of nearly Rs 7 crore for Paulson.
“We have to start from scratch again. I’m 52 now and therefore
that’s going to be very difficult. Energy is less,” he says.
“I believe the government has a responsibility to help people
like us. I happen to think the government was at fault somewhere. This was a
man-made disaster,” he adds.
Back at the GM Agro Mills, Lakshmanan, a native of Coimbatore in
Tamil Nadu who has been working with the factory for the last five years, is
yet to come to terms with the damage to the produce. “My heart beats fast every
time I look at these sacks of rice. Poor people were supposed to be fed with this
rice. Instead, it’s rotting away. This is a lesson for us that we should never
play with nature. We are bound to lose,” he says.
Texas rice farmers experiencing bumper 2018
·
By ADAM RUSSELL Texas A&M
Agrilife
Sep 1, 2018
Rice
maturing near Beaumont. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported Texas green
yields were 9,000-11,000 pounds per acre with good quality.
Texas A&M AgriLife Research —
Kathleen Phillips
BEAUMONT
— Texas rice farmers are seeing near-record yields of good quality grain and
many are considering a second harvest, according to Texas A&M AgriLife
Research experts.
Lee
Tarpley, AgriLife Research crop physiologist, Beaumont, said despite a few
problems for some growers, a near-record yield is expected for producers who
planted their fields early in spring.
Producers
in the state’s rice-growing coastal region who were able to take advantage of
planting windows before late March avoided heavy spring rains that caused
delays for other growers. Delays into April exposed late-planted rice to hot
spells that may have hurt yields.
“Folks
that planted late got hit by hot periods in July,” Tarpley said. “Daytime
temperatures were in the upper-90s to over 100 degrees with nights above 77
degrees, which decrease yield when they coincide with flowering.”
The
U.S. Department of Agriculture reported Texas green yields were 9,000-11,000
pounds per acre with good quality. There were also reports of market
uncertainty and falling prices related to ongoing trade disputes with China and
negotiations with Mexico and Canada regarding the North American Free Trade
Agreement.
M.O.
Way, AgriLife Research entomologist, Beaumont, said about 190,000 acres of rice
were planted this season and half the acreage was planted in hybrid varieties.
Way said good growing conditions have many farmers considering growing a ratoon
crop, that is to allow another crop to grow from the stubble left after
harvest.
Ratoon
cropping could produce an additional 35-50 percent of the main harvest, he
said, with little input costs beyond fertilization and water. Around 60 percent
of Texas rice acres are ratoon cropped typically.
“Main
crop yields and quality are excellent in general,” he said. “I estimate early
harvested fields, which are usually the highest yielding, averaged about 8,000
pounds per acre wet with some fields over 10,000 pounds per acre wet.”
Way
said there was plenty of water for rice fields in 2018, but there were a few
problems, including rice water weevil, stink bugs and injury to some fields
from a new herbicide. Damages from birds and wild pigs were a problem, and
producers noted increased wild pig activity.
Producers
controlled pests for the most part, and other crop damage was limited, Way
said. But heat damage to later-maturing fields was reported as high nighttime
temperatures caused some panicle blanking.
Way
also said increased rice acreage and good yields have caused problems with
storage of rice post-harvest because there are not enough facilities to
accommodate the crop.
Tarpley
said ratoon cropping early planted fields might improve net profits.
Later-planted fields could be ratoon cropped if temperatures remain above 50
degrees into early November.
“I
don’t have a good feel for what percentage of producers will ratoon this year,”
he said. “But if it stays warm they could see another harvest with less input
costs, and that could mean a better bottom line.”
AgriLife
Extension district reporters compiled the following summaries:
Central
Some
rainfall helped green up pastures and meadows, but moisture was still very
short. Recent rains allowed some hay fields to recover enough to get a partial
hay cutting. Supplemental feeding was needed for livestock on pastures. Cotton
harvest was underway. Nearly all counties reported short soil moisture. Overall
rangeland and pasture conditions were poor in nearly all counties. Overall crop
and pasture conditions were fair in most counties.
Rolling Plains
Topsoil
moisture from recent rains allowed some farmers to work the ground and apply
fertilizer on early wheat acreage. In some areas, pastures improved slightly
and were in fair condition, while other areas were still very dry. Pastures,
rangeland and cotton fields were showing signs of moisture stress. Cotton
fields were reaching cut out stage with limited yield potential. Irrigated
fields were average to above average condition. Livestock were in fair
condition as supplemental feeding increased over recent weeks. Ranchers were
still searching for hay as supplies dwindled. Without much rainfall it doesn’t
look like there will be much hay produced this year.
Coastal Bend
Hot
and dry weather continued. Cotton harvest was in full swing with yield reports
ranging from 1.5-3 bales per acre. Hay, soybean and rice harvests continued,
with corn harvest nearing completion. Rangeland and pasture conditions
continued to deteriorate at a rapid rate from lack of rainfall and extreme
heat. Producers were worried about tank water getting low. Supplemental feeding
increased significantly over recent reporting periods. Hay producers reported
issues with managing armyworms and were trying to hold onto any growth for the
next hay harvest. Some ranchers were beginning to look for hay but having
difficulty finding bales in this part of the state. Cattle remained in good
condition.
East
Summer
forages continued to decline in quality and volume as dry conditions linger on
without consistent measurable rainfalls. Many area pastures showed signs of
drought stress and high temperatures, which caused great concern for producers.
Cherokee and Marion counties received scattered rainfall that provided slight
short-term relief. Marion County rain caused grass to grow, and some producers
were able to get another cutting of hay. Producers in Anderson, Houston and Smith
counties reported such short hay production that producers searched outside
Texas for hay. Anderson, Gregg and Wood counties reported drought conditions
continued to slow and, in some cases, stop hay and crop production. Pasture and
rangeland conditions overall were poor to very poor except in Henderson, Polk,
San Augustine, Gregg and Tyler counties, which reported fair conditions.
Anderson County cotton looked good with no disease and about 15 percent of
bolls open. Anderson County’s pecan crop was so heavy limb breakage occurred.
Topsoil and subsoil conditions were adequate in San Augustine county, with all
other counties reporting short conditions. Producers in Gregg County continued
to cull cattle due to dry conditions. Houston County reported cattle prices
were up per hundredweight while Shelby County reported a downward trend in
prices. Light stink bug damage was reported in Anderson County, as was pecan
leaf scorch in some orchards. Armyworms continued to cause damage in Anderson,
Cherokee, Henderson, Houston, Marion, Shelby and Smith counties. Grasshopper
infestation was reported in Cherokee County. Henderson County reported wild pig
damage and high fly numbers.
South Plains
Subsoil
and topsoil moisture levels were adequate to short. Some counties received 2-3
inches of rain. Irrigated cotton fields benefitted from the rain, but it was
not enough to help dryland cotton. Producers were supplementing with irrigation
to finish out the final stages of cotton maturity. Area crops continued to
mature. Producers continued to conduct pest and weed management. Good numbers
of beneficial insects were helping keep pests at bay. Winter cover crops were
planted. Pastures and rangelands remained in fair condition. Cattle were in
good condition.
Panhandle
Temperatures
were near average. Some moisture was received, but more moisture was needed
throughout the district. Rain amounts in some areas ranged from a trace to 2.5
inches. Soil moisture conditions were excellent for all crops in some areas but
was short for most areas. Grasses and rangelands were finally starting to green
up, and sorghum was all headed. Producers continued to irrigate crops. Corn in
Deaf Smith County was doing well under irrigation, and most fields were close
to dent stage. Silage harvest began. Wheat planting started as producers were
trying to create grazing opportunities. Cotton under irrigation pivots was
coming along. Dryland cotton started to look better with irrigated acres
looking very good. Sugarcane aphids and headworms were being sprayed on grain
sorghum. Wheat preplant activities continued with the expectation of early
wheat planting for fall pasture starting soon. Dryland grain sorghum and cotton
looked fantastic. Stocker cattle gains were very good due to milder
temperatures.
North
Topsoil
and subsoil moisture levels ranged from mostly adequate to short across the
district. Temperatures were hot with dry conditions. Pastures were greening up
from recent rains, but forage growth was slow. Camp County continued under a
burn ban. Rain was needed in all counties. Corn harvest neared completion, and
a few soybeans were being harvested. Cotton didn’t look good, and most fields
had bolls opening. Some producers were harvesting hay. Armyworms were reported
in Kaufman and Hopkins counties. Cattle continued to look good.
Far West
Temperatures
were into the triple digits with lows in the 70s. Hot, windy and dry conditions
persisted with scattered showers. Rainfall averaged a trace to 2 inches. August
has been hard on the little bit of cotton that was maturing, and farm service
agencies began to receive dryland crop failure data. Producers continued to
water cotton and pecans. Some wheat was planted before the rain showers. Insect
problems were still an issue in pecans. Mosquitos and flies were becoming a
problem. Preparation of soils for fall forage planting started. Fire danger was
becoming more prevalent as right of ways and pastures were dry. Producers
continued to feed livestock and wildlife. Livestock will be culled if no rains
arrive in the next 30 days.
West Central
Recent
rains eased drought stress in rangelands and pastures, but conditions were dry
this reporting period. Forages looked better, but drought conditions still
persisted. Stock tanks were at critical levels. Livestock remained in fair
condition, and many producers were trying to figure out what to do about
depleted hay supplies. Not much hay was available for sale and what little
there was averaged $110-$120 per round bale. Cotton fields improved slightly
and were mostly in fair to good condition overall. Grain sorghum harvest was
underway, and some producers were preparing for early wheat planting. Cattle
demands were good with an active market and all classes selling steady.
Southeast
Conditions
were hot and dry. Some parts of the district received late rains, but other
areas had not received rain in over a month. The rice crop was progressing.
Late rice had all headed for the most part. High temperatures and scattered
rain showers were not good for flowering rice. Some pastures were getting very
dry, and grasses were not growing. Livestock still looked good and healthy.
Rangeland and pasture ratings varied from fair to very poor with good ratings
being most common. Soil moisture levels throughout the district ranged from
adequate to very short with short being most common.
Southwest
Hot,
dry weather continued in all counties. Soil moisture, pasture and rangeland
conditions declined and were in desperate need of a good, steady rain. Streams
and rivers were drying. Fall shearing of sheep and goats was underway. Some
supplemental feeding of livestock began. Auctions reported increased sale
numbers due to drought and producers’ inability to feed livestock. Corn and
sorghum harvests were complete with below-average yields reported. Very little
hay was being made. Cotton was defoliated and awaiting harvest.
South
Most
parts of the district reported a continuation of hot, dry weather conditions
with short to very short soil moisture levels. Western parts of the district
reported adequate to short moisture levels. Triple-digit temperatures were
reported. Dryland cotton was being harvested and the harvest in irrigated
fields should begin soon. Irrigation pivots continued to run on cotton,
peanuts, Bermuda grass, watermelons, cantaloupes and other crops. Some
producers were reporting worse conditions than in 2011 — the worst drought on
record. Bermudagrass and sorghum hay were being cut and baled. Pasture and
range conditions were poor, and supplemental feeding of livestock continued.
Livestock producers in some parts reported increased supplemental feeding and
began to cull herds, selling older cows and young calves. Some producers began
to haul water or move cattle to other pastures as stock tanks started to dry
up. Surface water levels were declining. Body condition scores on cattle were
mostly fair.
China's super hybrid rice output
sets new world record
(Picture
for Representation) , DNA
PTI
Updated: Sep 4, 2018, 12:47 AM IST
Super hybrid rice output in test
fields in China's southwestern Yunnan Province has set a new world record by
reaching an average yield of 1,152.3 kg per mu (about 0.07 hectare), local
authorities said Monday.
A group of experts from
agricultural and scientific universities and research institutions randomly
selected three plots on the rice fields and supervised the harvest.
Proper annual precipitation and
flat terrain also contribute to the harvest of hybrid rice, Xie Hua'an, leader
of the research team said.
The latest output of three plots
at a super hybrid rice demonstration base located in Datun Township in the city
of Gejiu reached an average yield of 1,152.3 kg per mu (about 0.07 hectares).
The demonstration base started to
plant hybrid rice in 2009, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
With an average temperature of 20
degrees Celsius, the base lies at an altitude of more than 1,200 metres above
sea level.
Hybrid rice, also known as super
rice in China, is produced by crossbreeding different kinds of rice.
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Duterte
denies there is rice shortage in Philippines
President
Rodrigo Duterte delivers his speech during his meeting with the Filipino
community in Israel at the Ramada Hotel in Jerusalem on Sept. 2, 2018.
Alexis Romero (philstar.com) - September
3, 2018 - 5:00pm
JERUSALEM
— President Rodrigo Duterte Monday denied that the Philippines is facing a rice
shortage as he chided his critics for supposedly politicizing the issue. 
Duterte
said the Philippines has more than enough supply of the staple, a major
agricultural crop of the country."They are saying there is rice shortage.
We have lots of rice. Some of them are set to arrive. Now, there's even an
excess," the president said during a meeting with the Filipino community
here.
"You
know, those are politics. But I would like to remind you that I won because of
the vote of the Filipino," he added.
The
National Food Authority and the interagency NFA Council have blamed each other
on the lack of cheap rice that led to price spikes in some parts of the
country.
NFA Deputy Administrator Tomas Escare told a House hearing last week that his agency asked the council last October to allow the importation of one million metric tons of rice. He said the council approved the request only last May.
NFA Deputy Administrator Tomas Escare told a House hearing last week that his agency asked the council last October to allow the importation of one million metric tons of rice. He said the council approved the request only last May.
NFA
Council member and Trade Undersecretary Ruth Castelo has disputed Escare's
claim, saying the delay was caused by the NFA's failure to provide information
about its inventory.
Last
month, the local government of Zamboanga City declared a state of calamity
after rice prices rose to P50 to P70 per kilo because of lack of supply.
Price
spikes were also reported in the provinces of Basilan, Sulu and
Tawi-Tawi.
The
Agriculture department opened stores selling cheap rice to stabilize the prices
and to address the supply problem. Zamboanga officials lifted the state of
calamity declaration two weeks ago.
Last
Sunday, Duterte said he was ready to order government forces to raid rice
warehouses to prevent a shortage of the staple.
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$2.3bn rice import contradicts FG’s
position
September 3, 2018
By
Contrary to the Bank of Agriculture
(BOA)’s claim that Nigeria had saved N288 billion ($800 million) from rice
imports, there are indications that the country has spent N828 billion ($2.3
billion) importing the grain between 2017 and August, 2018, New Telegraph has
learnt.
The bank had earlier stated that the Federal Government had succeeded in encouraging local production through its assistance to farmers.According to the bank’s Executive Director, Finance and Risk Management, Niyi Akenzua, BoA had disbursed N150 billion to assist farmers between 2017 and 2018.
He noted in Lagos that farmers received N100 billion last year, while a total of N50 billion had been disbursed this year out of the N250 billion earmarked by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s intervention scheme.
However, import data from a global trade portal, Index Mundi, revealed that the country had imported some 5.6 million tons so far, between 2017 and 2018 at a global price of $410 per ton despite the ban imposed on the importation of the grain through the land borders.
The trade portal noted that local production had been statistic since 2015, leaving a room for more importation through the neighbouring port.
Besides, it revealed that Nigerian milled rice production had remained at 3.78 million in the last two years.
Instead of downward reduction in the 2.1 million tons recorded in 2015, this newspaper gathered that last August, Nigeria imported three million tons of the grain.
Also, it was learnt that 2.6 million tons of the grain were imported in 2017, while domestic consumption had climbed to 6.9 milliuon tons as at last August from 6.4 million tons in 2015.
Last year, it would be recalled that the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said that some tons of rice valued at N597.7 billion were seized between January and August 2016.
It was also said that 497,279 bags of imported rice were confiscated from smugglers between 2015 and August, 2017 with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N3.8 billion.
Its Comptroller-General, Col. Hammed Ali (rtd), said that 90,073 bags of rice were seized in 2015 with DPV of N693 million, while 280,109 bags of rice were impounded in 2016 with DPV of N2.156 billion.
Also, he said that in the first eight months of 2017, some 127,097 bags of rice were seized with DPV of N978 million.
Ali added that four enterprises registered with Tinapa Free Trade Zone (FTZ) Calabar in Cross River State syndicated the importation of 533 containers of rice last year.
Worried by the spate of rice smuggling, the NCS Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Command, Abdullahi Maiwada, told this newspaper that the command had been proactive in fighting rice smuggling.
Maiwada attributed the rise in smuggling activities to the porous nature of the nation’s borders.
According to him, smugglers were creating unemployment in their own country and creating jobs in foreign countries as a result of their activities.
The spokesman added that the service had interfaced with traditional rulers to dissuade people in their domains from smuggling, saying many were reluctant to quit the illegal business.
He said: “Our approach is carrot and stick. We sensitise and educate. We have a school in Idiroko, which is meant for host communities so that their wards should go back to school; schooling is the best and you cannot compare it with smuggling.
He said: “Our borders are indeed porous. We have the creeks; we have so many outlets that lead to Benin Republic within Ogun. We use our little resources in order to man the borders. Although there may be some shortcomings, we are doing our best.”
The bank had earlier stated that the Federal Government had succeeded in encouraging local production through its assistance to farmers.According to the bank’s Executive Director, Finance and Risk Management, Niyi Akenzua, BoA had disbursed N150 billion to assist farmers between 2017 and 2018.
He noted in Lagos that farmers received N100 billion last year, while a total of N50 billion had been disbursed this year out of the N250 billion earmarked by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s intervention scheme.
However, import data from a global trade portal, Index Mundi, revealed that the country had imported some 5.6 million tons so far, between 2017 and 2018 at a global price of $410 per ton despite the ban imposed on the importation of the grain through the land borders.
The trade portal noted that local production had been statistic since 2015, leaving a room for more importation through the neighbouring port.
Besides, it revealed that Nigerian milled rice production had remained at 3.78 million in the last two years.
Instead of downward reduction in the 2.1 million tons recorded in 2015, this newspaper gathered that last August, Nigeria imported three million tons of the grain.
Also, it was learnt that 2.6 million tons of the grain were imported in 2017, while domestic consumption had climbed to 6.9 milliuon tons as at last August from 6.4 million tons in 2015.
Last year, it would be recalled that the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said that some tons of rice valued at N597.7 billion were seized between January and August 2016.
It was also said that 497,279 bags of imported rice were confiscated from smugglers between 2015 and August, 2017 with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N3.8 billion.
Its Comptroller-General, Col. Hammed Ali (rtd), said that 90,073 bags of rice were seized in 2015 with DPV of N693 million, while 280,109 bags of rice were impounded in 2016 with DPV of N2.156 billion.
Also, he said that in the first eight months of 2017, some 127,097 bags of rice were seized with DPV of N978 million.
Ali added that four enterprises registered with Tinapa Free Trade Zone (FTZ) Calabar in Cross River State syndicated the importation of 533 containers of rice last year.
Worried by the spate of rice smuggling, the NCS Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Command, Abdullahi Maiwada, told this newspaper that the command had been proactive in fighting rice smuggling.
Maiwada attributed the rise in smuggling activities to the porous nature of the nation’s borders.
According to him, smugglers were creating unemployment in their own country and creating jobs in foreign countries as a result of their activities.
The spokesman added that the service had interfaced with traditional rulers to dissuade people in their domains from smuggling, saying many were reluctant to quit the illegal business.
He said: “Our approach is carrot and stick. We sensitise and educate. We have a school in Idiroko, which is meant for host communities so that their wards should go back to school; schooling is the best and you cannot compare it with smuggling.
He said: “Our borders are indeed porous. We have the creeks; we have so many outlets that lead to Benin Republic within Ogun. We use our little resources in order to man the borders. Although there may be some shortcomings, we are doing our best.”
Egypt sets buying
price for local rice paddy
SEPTEMBER 3, 2018
CAIRO, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Egypt will
pay its farmers 4,400-4,700 Egyptian pounds ($246.22-$263) a tonne for rice
paddy, an unprocessed form of the grain, collected during the harvest season,
state news agency MENA said Monday.MENA did not specify the quantities that the
government is seeking to purchase.
The North African country consumes
about 3.3 million tonnes of rice a year, typically harvested in August and
September.In an effort to conserve scarce water resources, Cairo this year
reduced the total area permitted for rice cultivation and imposed harsh new
penalties on farmers who plant illegally.
Traders said the policies are likely
to prompt Egypt to import up to 1 million tonnes of rice next year after
decades of growing a surplus and being an exporter of a medium grain variety
prized in Arab markets. ($1 = 17.8700 Egyptian pounds) (Reporting by Ali
Abdelaty Writing by Nadine Awadalla Editing by David Goodman)
1.
Rice Cultivation to Be Restricted to 2 Northern
Provinces
Monday,
September 03, 2018
Rice
cultivation is only permitted in the two northern provinces of Gilan and
Mazandaran and will be gradually banned in other Iranian provinces over the
next three years, as per the directive newly approved by the government and
communicated to related bodies after it was approved by the Committee for
Adaptability to Water Shortage. 
“The
Agriculture Ministry will introduce alternative crops for cultivation in other
provinces instead of rice, the abidance by which will be obligatory,” Deputy
Agriculture Minister Ali Morad Akbari has been quoted as saying by Mehr News
Agency.
The
official noted that Iran has about 630,000 hectares of paddy fields, 170,000
hectares of which are located in Gilan and Mazandaran.
Water scarcity endangers rice cultivation in upper
Sindh
SEPTEMBER 3, 2018
LARKANA: The Sindh Abadgar Board
(SAB) on Sunday expressed profound concerns over failure of the Irrigation
department in ensuring sufficient amount of water supply from the Indus River
to thousands of acres of paddy fields in Larkana, Dadu, Khairpur,
Kamber-Shahdadkot, Kashmore and Jacobabad districts.
Reportedly, SAB representative
Gada Hussain Mahesar informed the media that 40 percent of the total area of
paddy fields has been facing an acute water shortage, and sowing of the crop
has been delayed.
“Farmers are not even certain
whether or not they will be able to harvest the crop as it requires an abundant
amount of water for cultivation,” he said, adding that 50 percent of the
cultivation has been severely affected in Sindh.
He stated that agricultural
economy would suffer a loss of millions of rupees. The paddy farmers have been
protesting against the shortage of water supply, however, their hue and cry has
been ineffective for the concerned authorities to take action. In the recent
past, the protesting farmers had staged several sit-ins and observed hunger
strikes but the authorities turned a blind eye to the critical issue.
According to the paddy farmers,
the water shortage issue did not only hit the rice crop but developed water
disputes amongst members of different communities of growers in Sindh.
He asserted that influential
growers had paid bribe to divert water from the Indus River to their paddy
fields via water channels and drains, whereas poor growers in tail-end fields
suffered ‘devastating losses’.
The SAB leader accused Irrigation
department engineers of not responding to their calls and being absent from
their offices in this kharif season.
He was staggered to observe
sowing of rice in the month of September rather than mid-August, and said that
farmers were busy in sowing paddy crop without any knowledge that there would
be no yield.
He revealed that due to water
scarcity and adverse climate changes a vast swath of land in upper Sindh has
become arid.
Mahesar said that over 2.7
million acres of fertile lands of paddy crop produced approximately 2.4 million
tons of rice, which was highest production of any crop in the province.
Irrigation water is released in
water channels, drains and canals during the month of May or June, but this
year 45-day delay was recorded.
He appealed to the Pakistan
Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari for taking notice of the
situation and implement effective measures to prevent losses.
Labourer appeals to Bilawal for
medical treatment of his ailing sons
Two youths have been suffering
from an unknown illness which robbed them of the ability to walk and talk since
their birth in Vikro village near Mohenjo Daro.
Reportedly, a labourer Manthar
Ali told the media on Sunday that his two sons including 18-year-old Muhammad
Sachal and 13-year-old Aqib Ali were suffering, whereas his third son
15-year-old Majid Ali died from the same disease.
He said that he had consulted
several doctors who told him that their treatment was not available in
Pakistan.
He stated that he needed to
travel abroad for their medical treatment costing Rs 5 million.
He said that he could not afford
their treatment and appealed to Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal
Bhutto Zardari, Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah and
philanthropists for supporting him.
REAP
lauds DPP role in rice export
Our Staff Reporter
LAHORE : Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan
(REAP) has appreciated the services of Department of Plant Protection (DPP) for
the promotion of rice exports across the world.
In a statement issued here on Monday, REAP
chairman Ch Samee Ullah Naeem appreciated the remarkable work of Department of
Plant Protection (DPP) DG Dr Waseem Ul Hassan to control all issues on sanitary
& phytosanitary. He stated that DPP took several bold steps for the
detection of GMO, working for strictly compliance for export of rice
consignments as well as import of rice seed consignments.
The REAP chairman showed his serious concerns
on negative propaganda against Director General of Department of Plant
Protection (DPP).
He said that a few months ago some rice
containers were rejected by the USA because of presence of Khapra Beetle. In
this regard, Department of Plant Protection worked together with REAP to uproot
the Khapra Beetle problem in rice consignment.
Department of Plant Protection (DPP) also
visited a lot of rice mills in Pakistan and provided the expert opinion to
eradicate this problem. A Guideline Brochure for safe export of rice
consignments from Pakistan to USA was also printed for exporters with the help
of DPP for smooth export of rice to USA.
He further said that a few months ago Zimbabwe
Plant Protection Department also stopped Pakistani rice consignments due to
phytosanitary certificate.
Basmati exporters on boil as Iran importer defaults
Industry has
around ₹1,000 crore
outstanding from buyers in the Gulf nation
NEW DELHI, AUGUST 31
Indian rice exporters have a sum
of nearly ₹1,000 crore stuck mainly because an Iranian importer has
defaulted on payments due for aromatic rice exported to the Gulf country, an
exporter has said.
The All India Rice Exporters’
Association (AIREA) admitted that there was a fraud by an Iranian company, but
said the things are being sorted out with the both governments seized of the
matter.
“The industry has around ₹ 1,000 crore outstanding from Iran,” said Gurnam Arora,
Joint Managing Director of Kohinoor Foods Ltd. According to Vijay Setia,
President of the AIREA, one particular Iranian importer owes a lot of money to
Indian exporters. It seems that the Iranian firm has siphoned off the funds, he
said.
The Iranian government has been
giving the currency at a concessional rate to importers so that they can make
payments towards exporters from India.
The Iranian Rial has witnessed a
sharp fall of over 100 per cent against the dollar since March this year on
return of US sanctions and worsening economic crisis.
“Three Indian exporters had given
us a complaint which we have forwarded to the Apeda and Indian embassy in
Tehran,” he added.
Rice exporters are also in touch
Iranian Embassy in Delhi. When appraised him of the fraud committed by the
Iranian firm, a senior official at the Embassy assured them of all help.
According to the Agricultural and
Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) data, Indian firms
exported basmati 4,26,034 tonnes of basmati rice worth ₹ 3,089 crore during the first three months of the current
financial year.
Shipments up
In 2017-18, Iran imported
8,77,422 tonnes of basmati worth ₹ 5,830 crore, according to
the official data.
Iran accounts for close to 25 per
cent of basmati rice exports from India and as a result, it becomes a major
differentiator for basmati rice export business, said Gurnam Arora, Joint
Managing Director, Kohinoor Foods Limited.
China beckons
Arora said the trade may be
disturbed due to prevailing US sanctions on Iran but was confident that the
rice exporters will be able to find newer markets. “If nothing else, we may
have to look for other markets. China, for instance. We are planning a road
show in China soon. It’s true that Chinese people prefer sticky rice, but no harm
in trying to introduce them to basmati,” Arora said.
Apeda is taking a team to China
in the third week of September to explore the business opportunities there.
AIREA held a meeting of its
members on Thursday in which many of those who are exporting rice to Iran
expressed the feeling that the sanctions will not affect their prospects much.
Apeda has already issued an
advisory to all exporters saying that if any firm wants to deal with this
particular Iranian company, it has to get an authentic payment commitment
against by it would issue valid orders.
Kharif sowing crosses the 100-million-ha mark; rice leads
NEW DELHI, AUGUST 31
The total area planted during the
current kharif season crossed the 100-million-hectare mark this week. And for
the first time this year, rice planting overtook the area sown in the previous
season, according to data released by the Agriculture Ministry on Friday.The
total area under cultivation, however, is still marginally lower at 1,023 (lakh
hectare) as compared to 1,027 lh covered during the corresponding week last
year. Rice planting, on the other hand, was completed on 370 lh as against 368
lh covered in same period in the previous year.
Soyabean sowing which stood close
to 112 lh was almost complete. Soyabean acreage, which is 6.24 per cent higher
than the same period last year, gave an impetus to the oilseeds sector, helping
it to edge up from the previous season by 4 lh. Groundut area, however, is down
2 per cent at 39 lh.
Cash crops
The area under pulses continues
to be 2.55 per cent lower as compared to the corresponding period last year at
133 lh, particularly because of a 13 per cent drop in uradbean acreage.
Moongbean continues to be higher than the previous year, while arhar acreage
remained static at 44 lh. Sugarcane acreage hit a record 52 lh(50 lh). Cotton
coverage stood at 118 lh (120 lh).
Storage levels up
According to Central Water Commission,
water storage in key 91 reservoirs stood at 112. 1 billion cubic metre, 69 per
cent of live capacity. The cumulative capacity during the corresponding week
last year was 85.07 BCM.
Domestic rice prices hit record
levels
THIHA KO KO 03 SEP 2018
A
rice shop at Bogyoke Aung San Road in August. Aung Htay Hlaing/The Myanmar
Times
The
price of high quality domestic rice has risen the most in five years, driven by
rising demand, inflation and potential price manipulation, local traders said.
According
to data from the Myanmar Rice Federation and Myanmar Rice and Paddy Traders
Association, a bag of Ayeyarwady Paw San rice had hit K52,000 in August, which
is up by almost 60 percent since the start of the year. Meanwhile, a bag of
Shwebo Paw San rice cost K62,000 in August, up nearly around 35pc over the same
period.
On
the other hand, the prices of lower quality Ei Mahta and broken rice, which are
mainly exported, appear to be stable, officials from Myanmar Rice and Paddy
Traders Association said.
U
Aung Than Oo, chair of the association, told The Myanmar Times that the price
of Paw San rice is actually at its highest since 2014 and that the sudden spike
in prices is “unusual. Prices weren’t this high last year when supply was
scarcer. This could represent changing consumer demands in favour of higher
quality rice,” he said.
Cornered
market?
Yet,
there could also be some price manipulation involved. According to U Aung Kyi
Soe, a rice agent, “the bigger and richer farms, merchants and rice mills are
cornering the market by going to the rural areas and buying up all the Paw San
rice. After calculating the paddy price, they will name the price at which they
want to sell processed rice to agents, which is driving up the price,” he said.
In
general though, paddy prices have been rising due to inflation. In Myanmar, the
increase in the price of rice is tied closely to paddy prices. Currently,
Ayeyarwady Paw San paddy is trading at around K1.3-K1.4 million per basket. “As
prices of other commodities rise, it also impacts the price of staple food,
which is rice,” said U Nay Lin Zin, joint-secretary of the Myanmar Rice
Federation.
During
this monsoon season, more than 16 million acres of monsoon paddy were planted.
However, more than 300,000 acres of paddy fields have been destroyed due to
floods in the recent months, resulting in more volatile prices.
Since
then, 100,000 acres has been replanted, so the floods are not expected to
affect this year’s paddy production rate, said U Myo Tint Tun, deputy permanent
secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation.
Exports
earnings
Things
are more stable on the export side. As Myanmar exports only lower quality rice,
the spike in price of Paw San rice has not affected the export market, said U
Than Oo, secretary of Bayintnaung Rice Wholesale Center. “The export
market is stable even though the domestic rice market has obviously been
rising. There is no high demand for Myanmar rice from China so far so prices
seem to be stable,” said U Than Oo.
At
800,000 tonnes between April and July, rice export volumes are so far lower by
around 100,000 tonnes compared to the same period last year, according to the
Myanmar Rice Federation.
New decree removes tough conditions for rice exports
Tuesday, 2018-09-04 11:27:21
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 Decree 107/2018/ND-CP will make it more favourable for firms to engage in exporting rice |
NDO - The government has
officially removed tough conditions for firms to conduct rice export
activities in Vietnam, a move expected to lure more exporters, including
foreign ones, and create a fairer playing field in the domestic rice export
market.
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If nothing changes, Chung Seo
Jun, export sales manager of the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s S.K Vegetable and
Fruit Trading Company, will visit Vietnam this November to seek opportunities
to export Vietnamese rice to the Eastern Asian market.
“We will meet with Vietnam’s
Ministry of Industry and Trade to discuss our plan to cooperate with local
firms to export rice to our nation,” Jun told Nhandan Online. “Currently, we
are annually spending hundreds of millions of US dollars purchasing rice from
Lao and Thailand. The rice will be used for both home use and industrial
purposes.”
In fact, Jun has visited
Vietnam several times to seek rice export opportunities, but failed, due to
existing tough conditions. “However, I’ve learned that the Vietnamese
government has eased the conditions, and we will come to Vietnam again to
seek opportunities.”
On August 15, the government
enacted Decree 107/2018/ND-CP on rice export businesses, which will take
effect on October 1, 2018. This decree, which clearly defines that a
foreign-direct investment firm shall be licensed and perform rice export business
activities under this decree and other laws of Vietnam, has eased conditions
for rice export business by stipulating that traders, both Vietnamese and
foreign, are entitled to engage in rice export activities when they have at
least one warehouse to store rice, and at least one mill to process the rice.
This warehouse and mill can be
the assets of the traders or leased by the traders, with a lease contract
covering at least five years.
Decree 107 will replace the
existing Decree 109/2010/ND-CP on rice export business, which has, over the
past eight years, come under fire by firms due to the tough conditions it
imposes on the rice export business.
Specifically, under Decree 109,
an eligible rice trader must be lawfully established and register their business
under law and have special-use warehouses to store a minimum of 5,000 tonnes
of rice and at least one rice mill to process at least 10 tonnes of rice per
hour.
The rice warehouse and mill
must be owned by the trader and located in a province or centrally run city
which has export commodity rice or an international seaport with rice export
activities at the time the trader applies for a certificate.
Rice exporters shall regularly
maintain a circulation reserve equal to at least 10 per cent of their rice
exports over the previous six months.
According to Nguyen Duc Thanh,
head of the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research, all existing
stringent conditions for exporting rice should have been removed long ago.
“While many businesses want to
engage in rice exports, they cannot due to the many conditions that they will
never be able to meet under Decree 109,” Thanh said.
At present, there only about
100 rice exporters allowed to export rice in Vietnam.
According to Dang Quang Vinh
from the Central Institute for Economic Management’s Department of
Competitiveness and Business Environment, all these conditions under Decree
109 are “very strict obstructions for many enterprises which want to export
rice, and this prevents Vietnam from exporting high-quality rice and building
its rice brand name on a global scale.”
Dao The Anh, vice head of Food
Crop Research Institute Vietnam, also said, “Many local firms and
cooperatives want to export high-quality rice, but they cannot meet all the
conditions of Decree 109.”
For example, Vien Phu Company
in the southernmost province of Ca Mau has Hoa Sua rice brand-name, but it
cannot export the products directly as it cannot meet all the said
conditions. Thus the firm has indirectly exported rice via big companies that
fully meet the conditions.
In another case, Phuoc Thanh
Bay Map Production and Trade Company in Ho Chi Minh City said it will cost
about VND500 billion (US$22.73 million) for the company to satisfy the
conditions, and this job is almost impossible, which has many years’
experience in doing trade with the US market.
“It is Decree 109 that has been
partly responsible for Vietnam’s inability to develop a global rice brand
name, because it prevents the rice sector’s competitiveness,” Anh said.
Meanwhile, Chung Seo Jun from
S.K Vegetable and Fruit Trading Company expected that Decree 107 will make it
more favourable to co-operate with these Vietnamese firms.
“While many rice exporting
nations have their own global rice brands, Vietnam — the world’s third
largest rice exporter (after India and Thailand) — does not. Foreign firms
like us will not be able to export rice in Vietnam if the existing conditions
continue,” Jun said.
Vietnam exported 5.79 million
tonnes of rice, worth US$2.62 billion last year, and 4.4 million tonnes worth
nearly US$2.2 billion in the first seven months of this year.
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